General Safety Information: School of Biological Sciences

School Safety Manual

School Safety Contacts & Risk Assessment Procedure

Honours Project Safety

Postgraduate Safety Induction

General Risk Assessment Form

University Safety Services Website

Accidents

• ‌Important information regarding the recording and reporting of accidents

Biological Safety

• Infectious Agents & GMO's
• GM Animal Risk Assessment
• GM Plant Risk Assessment
• GMM Risk Assessment
• QUB GMO Induction
• QUB Genetic Modification Code of Practice
• BioCOSHH Risk Assessment
• Valet Laundry

Chemical Safety

• COSHH flowchart
• QUB COSSH Guidance Notes for Risk Assessment 
• QUB COSHH Risk Assessment
• Chemical Agents (COSHH)
• QUB Chemical Safety Policy & Guidance

Fieldwork Safety

• Fieldwork Health and Safety (guidance for supervisors)
• Fieldwork Health and Safety Questionnaire
• Guidance on Health and Safety in Fieldwork
• Generic Boating Fieldwork Risk Assessment and Guidance Notes
• Generic Intertidal Fieldwork Risk Assessment and Guidance Notes
• Freshwater Generic Risk Assessment
• Terrestrial Generic Risk Assessment
• Fieldwork during COVID-19 pandemic
• Proforma for return to fieldwork

Lone Working

• QUB University Lone Working Guidance
• Fieldwork_Out of Hours_Lone Working Permit_2019
• Laboratory_Out of Hours_Lone Working Permit_2019 
• Office_Out of Hours_Lone Working Permit_2019

Sharps Policy

• A Guide to Preventing Injuries from Glass and Sharps
• Action to be taken in event of a sharps injury, splash of human body fluid to eyes/mouth or human scratch/bite

Waste Disposal

• Disposal flowchart ‌
• Clinical waste ‌
• Various wastes ‌